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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!rock!stanford.edu!agate!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!yale.edu!ira.uka.de!math.fu-berlin.de!news.netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!rz.uni-hildesheim.de!ix.de!hm From: hm@opus40.ix.de (Harald Milz) Subject: Re: 1.44MB floppy driver? Message-ID: <1992Nov16.180146.3411@opus40.ix.de> Sender: hm@opus40.ix.de (Harald Milz) Organization: iX-Redaktion References: <1992Nov10.141332.1854@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> <TqV9TB1w165w@unkaphaed.gbdata.com> Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:01:46 GMT Lines: 42 In article <TqV9TB1w165w@unkaphaed.gbdata.com>, popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell) writes: |> afc@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes: |> |> > Any assistance is greatly appreciated... |> > |> > I have just replaced a 5.25" 720K floppy drive with a 3.5" 1.44MB floppy. |> > The machine recognizes the new drive as a 1.2MB drive, which obviously |> > doesn't work. The floppy drives are automatically recognized during |> > startup, so I can't use setup to fix this. |> > |> > I understand that I have two options: |> > |> > 1. Replace the BIOS. |> > |> > 2. Get a driver for the floppy drive. Is there such a thing available |> > via FTP? |> > |> > Note: this is a Compaq Deskpro 386 running DOS 3.1 (give me a break, |> > it isn't my machine). |> > |> > Andrew Cockburn |> |> |> get out your DOS manual and look up Drivparm. This is a config.sys |> coomand that translates drive parameters. Sometimes it even works. |> try this first before you blow $$ on a new BIOS. |> |> Pope Charles Subgenius Pope Of Houston Slack! |> |> -- |> popec@unkaphaed.gbdata.com (William C. Barwell) |> Unka Phaed's UUCP Thingy, Houston, TX, (713) 943-2728 |> 1200/2400/9600/14400 v.32bis/v.42bis Yet you should not blast so hard. He was talking about MSDOS 3.1 which did not support 1,44 Megs. DOS 3.3 introd with the PS/2 was the first version to support 1,44 M disks, so a DOS upgrade should do the work. -- |Dipl.-Ing. Harald Milz | EMail: hm@ix.de | |iX - Multiuser Multitasking Magazin | FAX: +49 511 547 47 33 | |D-3000 Hannover 61, Helstorfer Str. 7 | Tel.: +49 511 547 47 66 | None of the above statements are intended to be coincident with opinions